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Originally Posted by fuzzybottom
even if the known universe was proven to have required a cause to exist, what reason is there to believe that such a cause could not be scientifically explained given enough information?
how is it any more reasonable to believe that there is a god that is infinite or eternal than to believe that nature itself could be?
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Because nature tends to not exist. Therefore anything that has the ability to not exist at one time didn't Therefore, at one time nature did not exist.
Ultimately, everything is a matter of faith. Therefore, there must be a prime mover outside of faith (God). Of course, a personal God is probably superfluous. Afterall, by definition, if God was personal, then it would not be God.
By the way, what is the point to question omnipotence and other characteristics of God. For example the unmovable rock or 2+2 cannot be 5 argument. The argument is that the world is limited and at one time did not exist, so there must be a God that is outside of this constrained world. This is the prime mover. So, why do people try to disprove him from elements that is not of God's existence such as a space and time?